Human-subjects research protection

18 supplement clauses impose it across 8 agencies

Research involving human subjects carries the Common Rule (45 CFR part 46): review by an institutional review board, documented informed consent, and agency approval before the work starts.

Supplement clauses that impose it

Each clause below cites this authority in its own text and directs the contractor or offeror to do something about it.

AIDAR — USAID

CAR — Commerce

DFARS — Defense (DoD)

EDAR — Education

EPAAR — Environmental Protection Agency

HHSAR — Health and Human Services

TAR — Transportation

VAAR — Veterans Affairs

Clauses that name it without imposing it

These cite the same authority for a different reason — a form that carries a burden statement, or a collection the agency has already had approved — so they are listed apart from the clauses that place a duty on the contractor.

DEAR — Energy

How this list was built

Every agency FAR supplement published by GSA is parsed in full, and each clause is matched against the statutory authorities cited in its own body text — never its title. A clause counts as imposing the obligation only when a directive addressed to the contractor sits alongside the citation; otherwise it is listed as naming it. That split matters: some clauses mention a statute only because a referenced form carries a burden statement. The controlling version of any clause is the one in the Code of Federal Regulations, linked from that clause's page.